Remy Sylado
was born in Ujung Pandang 12 July 1945. Aside from being a novelist, his talents cover the gamut of creative enterprise including painting, essay-writing, music arranging, singing, songwriting, playwriting, stage directing, acting and teaching. He has penned some 100 works, a number of which has been translated and brought to life on stage. These include Sekuntum Melati Buat Rima (1968), Orexas (1980), Untung Surapati (1980) Pingkan dan Matindas (1985) and Di Sebuah Sudut Taman (1999).
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Indonesian picture of Holland
In present day Indonesia the past ages of Dutch rule hardly matter any more. But the collected poems by Zeffry Alkatiri bear the title 'From Batavia to Jakarta 1619-1999' and novelist and screenplay-writer Remy Sylado uses the last days of the Dutch colonialism as the setting for his historical novel Ca-Bau-Kan. Need one say more?
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KIT Tropentheater - Indonesia evening
With: Kees Snoek, Oka Rusmini, Remy Sylado, Rieke Diah Pitaloka, Zeffry Alkatiri
An evening with four of the five Indonesian guests of Winternachten. The young Balinese poet Oka Rusmini, poetress and actress Rieke Diah Pitaloka from Jakarta, bestselling author Remy Sylado and the poet Zeffry Alkatiri. An evening on the inevitable social engagement of writers and poets in Indonesia. Moderated by Kees Snoek. Indonesian spoken. Dutch translations.
Tickets: 020 5688500 or www.kit.nl/tropentheater
